Senior Financial Control Analyst (6-month FTC)

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom; hybrid, with in-person attendance at an assigned hirify.global office for a minimum of two days per week

Company

hirify.global is a global business providing financial information and technology products, with teams focused on accurate reporting, compliance and customer impact.

What you will do

• Prepare and post monthly payroll journals across legal entities and cost centres, reconcile payroll and employee-related balance sheet accounts, and resolve variances.
• Produce payroll, headcount and employee-cost reporting, including actual-to-forecast analysis and accruals for bonuses, long-term incentives and employer National Insurance.
• Deliver month-end journals, accruals, prepayments, recharges and intercompany reconciliations with complete supporting documentation.
• Review income statement and balance sheet movements, investigate accounting issues and provide clear commentary to process owners.
• Prepare and certify balance sheet reconciliations in BlackLine while resolving or escalating aged, material or unsupported items.
• Manage project costing, capitalisation, fixed-asset reconciliations, capital expenditure returns, impairment reviews, VAT adjustments and selected tax-reporting activities.

Requirements

• Part-qualified or qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent practical accounting experience.
• Strong experience in month-end accounting, payroll accounting, balance sheet control, fixed assets or capital expenditure.
• Experience preparing robust reconciliations, investigating accounting issues and maintaining audit-ready evidence.
• Working knowledge of financial-control principles and accounting policies, with the ability to escalate judgemental, material or unsupported items.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in the hybrid Leeds arrangement with regular attendance at the assigned office.

Nice to have

• Experience using BlackLine and PeopleSoft.
• Experience in a multinational or multi-entity financial environment.
• Knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, tax, audit or statutory reporting.
• Experience accounting for internally developed software or managing project-based capitalisation.
• Experience identifying opportunities to strengthen financial processes and controls.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month fixed-term contract supporting continuity during a secondment.
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• Global paid wellness days and an additional birthday day off.
• Contributory pension scheme, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and private healthcare.
• Physical, mental and financial wellbeing programmes, diversity communities and flexible working policies.

Hiring process

• Most recruitment steps are conducted virtually by phone and video.
• An in-person interview may be required, with details provided by the recruiter.